CVE-2020-12768 (GCVE-0-2020-12768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-09 20:16 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:04 Disputed
VLAI?
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svm_cpu_uninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak, aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot, the size is negligible, and it can't be triggered at will
Severity ?
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CWE
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References
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/t… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/Chan… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171736#c3 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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